Abbas sees ceasefire in three weeks: US vows to forge peace
AL QUDS, May 31: Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas said he believed he could convince militant groups to agree within...
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No cut in power tariff, WB assured
ISLAMABAD, May 31: The World Bank confirmed on Saturday that the government of Pakistan had given an assurance it will not cut power tariff as a result of a reduction in...
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Petroleum prices increased
KARACHI, May 31: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) on Saturday increased petrol prices by Rs1.24 and other petroleum products by 17 paisa to Rs1.25. The new prices will be effective...
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Iran rejects chances of attack
BERLIN, May 31: Iran does not believe the United States will attack it, although it does think Washington has demonized Tehran unjustly, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi told a German magazine....
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Bush meets Putin, Schroeder
 SAINT PETERSBURG, May 31: US President George Bush met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for the first time since their row over Iraq as both sides tried to brush over trans-Atlantic...
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Phalcons sale to be part of agenda: Bush-Musharraf meeting
NEW YORK, May 31: Foreign Secretary Riaz Husain Khokhar said on Friday that the sale of three Israeli Phalcons (AWACS) to India would be part of the agenda when President Pervez...
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US stays engaged in peace process: Advani due in Washington on 8th
WASHINGTON, May 31: Indian Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, who is visiting the United States next week, is expected to have a...
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Arms amnesty in Iraq likely
BAGHDAD, May 31: US and British troops in Iraq launch a weapons amnesty on Sunday to clamp down on firearms which have flooded the country since the fall of Saddam Hussein....
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Five injured in bomb blast
HYDERABAD, May 31: Five men were injured in a bomb explosion, the second in the current month in Hyderabad city, in a Digri-bound passenger bus (MNQ-5580) at Sabzi Mandi roundabout here...
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Suu Kyi put under arrest
 YANGON, May 31: Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been put under temporary arrest in the country’s north after a violent clash between...
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China backs peace initiatives
BEIJING, May 31: Chinese President Hu Jintao said his country welcomed the peace initiatives taken by Pakistan and India for settlement of their disputes....
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Tehran seeks help to fight terrorism
TEHRAN, May 31: Iran on Saturday urged Pakistan to join it in fighting “terrorism” by stopping Al Qaeda fighters from slipping into Iran across its eastern border, the official IRNA news...
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Khwaja brothers’ release ordered
LAHORE, May 31: The federal review board on Saturday refused to extend the preventive detention of Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and Ahmad Naveed Khwaja, and ordered the state to set them...
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Deadline can’t be extended beyond a year, says MMA
ISLAMABAD May 31: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Saturday reiterated its offer to consider letting the president retain the office of the chief of the army staff for one more year if...
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Eight killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, May 31: Eight people, seven Muslim Kashmiris and an Indian soldier were killed while 21 others were injured in a surge of violence in occupied Kashmir, police said on Saturday....
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Advani, Joshi charged in mosque case
NEW DELHI, May 31: Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi and six others were on Saturday charged with involvement...
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